Edna Buchanan Quotes & Sayings

Sex gets people killed, put in jail, beaten up, bankrupted, and disgraced, to say nothing of ruined - personally, politically, and professionally. Looking for sex can lead to misfortune, and if you get lucky and find it, it can leave you maimed, infected, or dead. Other than that, it's swell: the great American pastime ... You probably won't see it on a bumper sticker, but sex kills. — Edna Buchanan

Guns have no eyes, no friends. You never know if they'll protect your life or take it. — Edna Buchanan

A young city, Miami lacks the history, the roots, and the traditions of other major metropolitan areas. Everybody here is from someplace else. — Edna Buchanan

You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain. — Edna Buchanan

Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and ... you send them out into the world and hope that some day they'll send back money. — Edna Buchanan

If not for bad luck we'd have no luck at all. — Edna Buchanan

Fear is like water. You need it. And it's good for you, as long as you have the right amount. — Edna Buchanan

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves — Edna Buchanan

Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you've made a difference. That's what makes it all worthwhile. That and the anticipation. It's addictive, because you never know when it will happen, but when it does, nothing in the world is as important. — Edna Buchanan

You can't be what you can't see. — Edna Buchanan

The past is an unsolved mystery and the truth a moving target. — Edna Buchanan

In the official police account, the plumber was shot and robbed on the street. Not true - guys stick together - the detective didn't want the victim's wife to know he was flagrante delicto with a prostitute when wounded. I didn't want her hurt or embarrassed either. She figured it out herself. I met her later, after their divorce, and she brought up the subject. The hospital returned her injured husband's garments. She was washing them when she realized that, although there were a number of bullet holes in his body, there were none in his clothes. — Edna Buchanan

In the criminal justice system you see the worst people on their best behavior, unlike the civil system, where the best people behave at their worst. — Edna Buchanan

To entrust to an editor a story over which you have labored and to which your name and reputation are attached can be like sending your daughter off for an evening with Ted Bundy. — Edna Buchanan

Life is a death-defying experience. — Edna Buchanan

Where I come from these days, anybody who isn't seeing a therapist needs to. — Edna Buchanan

Friends are family you choose. — Edna Buchanan

I have become a conscientious objector in the war between the sexes. — Edna Buchanan

Love is so fragile and so often fatal. I am amazed when people are brave enough to risk it. — Edna Buchanan

I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor. — Edna Buchanan

Everybody seems normal, till you get to know them. — Edna Buchanan

Gary Robinson died hungry.

He wanted fried chicken, the three-piece box for $2.19. Drunk, loud, and obnoxious, he pushed ahead of seven customers on line at a fast-food chicken outlet. The counter girl told him that his behavior was impolite. She calmed him down with sweet talk, and he agreed to step to the end of the line. His turn came just before closing time, just after the fried chicken ran out.

He punched the counter girl so hard her ears rang, and a security guard shot him - three times. — Edna Buchanan

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. — Edna Buchanan

Men give love because they want sex. Women give sex because they want love. That's the difference between men and women. Ever notice how when we talk about our love lives, it's always about a man? Singular. All most of us want is one good man. But when men talk, it's about women. Plural. They want as many as they can get. — Edna Buchanan